Display-rack



(No Model.)

' J. M. KEBLER.

DISPLAY RACK.

` Patented Sept.-Z2, 1896 INVENTDR I Y W ITNEEEIEE I j NITED STATESPATENT y Prion.

JOI-IN M. KEELER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DISPLAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,199, datedSeptember 22, 1896. Application led J une 11, 1896. Serial No. 595,121.(No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. KEELER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to arack for holding and displaying a number ofneckties.

The object of the invention is to provide a series of light wire rodseach separately hinged to a common back so as to turn from a horizontalposition upward to a vertical position, and so arranged with respect toeach other that when all are turned in the horizontal position eachlower rod will project farther from the back than the rod next above,whereby neckties placed on the diiferent rods will all be displayed fromthe front.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichiFigure l is a front elevation of the rack made wholly of wire. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of same, showing the lowermost rod turned up againstthe back, and also illustrating how a long necktie on an upper. rodhangs down back of a lower rod. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the rackand a curtain hung in front of same. In this case the holding-rods areall turned upward or collapsed, as indicated by the broken lines. Fig. 4is a detail view in perspective of one of the wire hinges and stops.Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the rack, showing a modifiedconstruction. Here the back is shown as made of a plate of wood ormetal, and the holding-rods are hinged to said plate. The lowerholding-rod is turned up.

Referring now to Figs. l to 4, inclusive, the letter ce designates thetop cross-bar, and b b the two vertical side bars, which are acontinuation downward of said top cross-bar,

and c the bottom cross-bar uniting the said bars. Both the top bar andthe bottom bar have an eye, designated CZ d', respectively. These eyesmay be used for inserting a nail or screw for the purpose of sustainingthe rack against a wall or other upright support.

In the formation of this wire rack the top cross-bar c, the two frontprojecting hooks e, also at the top, the side bars 1J, and the severalcoils f, each of which constitute a part of one of the hinges, are allmade of one continnous piece of wire properly bent to produce the saidformation. The rods g for holding the neckties 71, are horizontal andentend across from one side bar Z7 to the other. Each holding-rod g hastwo right-angle bent ends g. Thus the holding-rod comprises threepartsthe central cross part g and two angle ends g. These ends arehinged or jointed to the coils f. Each of the ends has a journal orpintle part t', which is parallel with the main rod g, and said part 1,'has bearing or seat in one of the coils f, and thus forms a hinge. Eachend also has adjoining the pintlepart c' an angle-stop j. This stop isformed by bending the extremity of the wire so that it will have aposition substantially at right angles with respect to the end g. Thuswhen 4the holding-bar g is turned to the down position, like the twouppermost bars in Fig. 2, the said stop j will bear against the verticalside bar h, and thereby serves to maintain said holding-rod in thatposition.

One of the holding-rods in Fig. lis provided with upset bends 7e, spacedalong the rod. Between these bends are straight portions Z, which serveas hangers for the necktie. By using a rod with these upset bends eachnecktie has a separate hanger-space l, and when one necktie is pulledoff from one of these spaces the adjoining necktie in the next spacewill not be disturbed nor accidentally dragged off, also, when the rodswith the neckties on them are turned upward these upset bends keep theneckties from shifting.

The rack will hold the neckties and display them whether the rods g beturned down or turned up. In order to afford the best display or toenable the neckties to be readily detached, the rods should be turneddown, as in Fig. 2.

A curtain or screen m, of suitable fabric, has a top bar 'n and a bottombar 0. This curtain is hung in front of the rack by placing its top barin the two front hooks e, as shown in Fig. 3. Thus placed the curtainwill cover all neckties that may be on said rods, and thereby willprotect them from dust and screen them from view.

The construction shown in Fig. 5 dispenses with a wire back and insteademploys a plate P as a substitute. This plate may be either Wood ormetal. The plate is provided with staples or part hinges f, and theholdingrods g and their stops j are constructed and operatesubstantially like the saine parts in the other iigures. The upper partof the plate P may have a mirror q and side panels r. The latter mayserve the purpose of attaching or displaying advertising-matter.

This rack may be inade of any size to suit either for the use ofindividual persons or for use in stores.

Having thus described my invention, What l claim is- A display-rack forneckties, having in coinbination aback; and a series of separate Wireholding-rods each having a central horizontal part, g, and two angleends, g/, the latterbeall the rods 'are in the horizontal position,

neckties placed on the different rods Will all be displayed from thefront.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

JOHN M. KEELER. Vitnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, J r., GHAPIN A. FERGUSON.

